War

Good morning, My precious children, it is I, your Eternal Creator God, Jehovah Elohim speaking with you this day.  I have a message of warning for you, My precious ones.  Much is moving on the earth that, if you knew would cause great fear. War drums are sounding.  Soon the world will be engulfed in major battles in many countries.  This will cause economies around the world to collapse as well, causing strife and unrest even in places where war is not.  When you see these things, I don’t want you to become fearful, My children, because I am with you and I am Sovereign.  These things MUST come to pass, for it is written about in My Word.  This is the lead-up to the Great Tribulation, which is coming very soon.  My children, listen, I will take you out of the earth before the Great Tribulation, so do not fear.  My Son, Yeshua, Jesus, will come for you well before the Great Tribulation is on the earth.  This is a final warning to the earth, to the lost, and to the global leaders who are being led by Satan and hell.  It is during the coming days that I will awaken even the hardest of hearts and you, My precious ones, will reap a harvest like none before.  Be of good cheer, My darlings, for this time is when I move mightily on the earth, and I move mightily in your lives.   You will see miraculous things, greater than even My Son, Jesus Christ did while He was on the earth.  That’s right, miracles before your very eyes.   Do you believe that?   Do you believe that I can do this?  Does not My Word say this?  You are being prepared even now for the coming days and weeks, for you will be used in great ways for My Kingdom.  Oh the joy that will overcome you when you witness great miracles before you, that I do through you.  Blessed are you when you obediently follow My leading in your lives – those who do not become fearful, who stand firm in true faith that I will do what I say to you.  In doing so you will bring many to Me and great will be your reward.  My scribe, Alan, continues to prove faithful and I have much planned for him.  He will lead many to Me in My Name, and I want to do the same for you.  Be on the lookout for opportunity to share My Love to others, even now.  When the unrest becomes overwhelming, remember My Love, and that I AM with you and will never forsake you.  I promise in My Word these things.  Draw near to Me, my precious ones.  Learn to hear My voice.  Pray always.  Love abundantly, and in doing these you will please Me and lead many to Me in My Holy Name.  Love, My children.  Love all people.  The hardest people that you write off, when you show them Love, then their hearts soften.  There is no greater heart-softener than love, My precious ones.  Pray for your loved ones; pray for your nations, your leaders and your church leaders.  Oh woe are the false teachers that spew filth from their pulpits, for great is their misery in the eternal pit of Hell.  But you, My precious ones, you who are full of love for Me and for My children, you have a future in Heaven that you wouldn’t believe even if you were told.  Cling to these promises, My children, cling to the promises in My Word.  Cling to Psalm 91.  Cling to Revelation 19-21.  Cling to the promises in My prophets.  But most importantly, cling to Me, My precious lambs.  I AM your Great Shepherd – soon I will gather you into my Heavenly sheep-pen, the New Jerusalem.  Oh, what splendor awaits you.  Be of good cheer, for your redemption is now!  This is enough for today, My precious children.  Love all.  Serve all, and soon, I come for you.  Your Loving Father, Jehovah Elohim.

Joel 3 (KJV)

3 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, ² I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. ³ And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. ⁴ Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; ⁵ Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: ⁶ The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. ⁷ Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: ⁸ And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it. ⁹ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: ¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. ¹¹ Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. ¹² Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. ¹³ Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. ¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. ¹⁵ The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. ¹⁶ The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. ¹⁷ So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. ¹⁸ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. ¹⁹ Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. ²⁰ But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. ²¹ For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

Revelation 2:21-23 (KJV)

²¹ And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. ²² Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. ²³ And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

Matthew 24 (KJV)

24 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. ² And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. ³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? ⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. ⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. ⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows. ⁹ Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. ¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. ¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. ¹⁵ When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) ¹⁶ Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: ¹⁷ Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: ¹⁸ Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. ¹⁹ And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! ²⁰ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: ²¹ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. ²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. ²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. ²⁵ Behold, I have told you before. ²⁶ Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. ²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: ³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ³² Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: ³³ So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. ³⁴ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. ³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. ³⁶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. ³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹ And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴² Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. ⁴³ But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. ⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. ⁴⁵ Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. ⁴⁸ But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; ⁴⁹ And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰ The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, ⁵¹ And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

John 14:12-1 (KJV)

¹² Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. ¹³ And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. ¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

CELEBRATION!

Good day My beautiful children, It is I, your Eternal Creator God speaking with you, Jehovah Elohim, and I bring you a word of encouragement this day.  That’s right, My children, Heaven is abuzz with excitement with what is about to happen, My children.  Rejoice, for your redemption is upon you!  Yes it is true, My precious ones, My Son, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, is being instructed to be ready at a moment’s notice to go and get His Bride.  Everything is set, My children – everything is ready – all is nearly complete in the earth for the world dictator to take his place, and oh, what a celebration that is about to break out in Heaven as you arrive very shortly.  Can’t you sense it?  Can’t you see how the earth is ripe for judgment, and how the Tribulation is about to envelope the earth?  The time is NOW, My precious ones, for the end times is upon you.  In the coming days and weeks you will see things move quickly on the earth.  Unrest is igniting globally and out of this unrest you will reap the final harvest for My Kingdom in Heaven.  Then the Last Trump will sound, signaling My Son to get His Bride, and the celebration begins!   The Marriage Supper of the Lamb will be a celebration you simply cannot imagine.  Much is planned, much is already set, and much will be your joy when you step into Eternity with Me and all of My blessed children.  I told My scribe, Alan, last night that I had a message of encouragement for you, and even now he is writing through tears as he, like all of you, simply cannot wait to be Home with Me.  Draw near to Me now, my precious ones.  These final seconds of time you have left on the earth will go by so quickly that the unrest you see will not be cause for alarm.  You may become fearful at what you see, but it will not come near you, My faithful ones.  As you are near to Me and My Word, as My Holy Spirit dwells richly in our hearts, I will carry you through this brief, yet terrifying storm.  And even so, there is no need to become fearful, for I Am with you and will be with you forever!  War is starting, and has begun in Israel.  America, France, Great Britain and other nations are conspiring against Syria even now, and this conflagration will spill over into My land, signaling My judgment upon those who invade Her.  Yes, this will come quickly now, and then you will be Home with Me, My children, so do not fear.  Oh, the Heavenly celebration that is happening even now, My precious ones.  Your loved ones who are now with me have great anticipation of seeing you all.  Even distant relatives - those who passed from the earth generations ago know of you and will be waiting for you the moment you cross over into the Heavenly realm.  Your arrival will cause great shouts of victory and joy throughout the Land of Heaven.  Angels will escort each of you when the trumpet sounds and you will be carried up, like the sound of rushing waters, and a great wind, and then you will be in My presence, My precious ones.  Oh the place setting at the table for the wedding supper is perfect for you.  Each of you has a place with your names written on the chair – no one is left out – all are welcome.  I want each of you to draw near to Me today, because I want to confirm this message in each of your hearts, My children.  I will visit each of you concerning this message and confirm that it is true, for your redemption is upon you.  This is enough for today, My precious lambs, for your Shepherd will soon gather His flock, and you will never be separated from each other forever!   I love each of you with a love that spans eternity, and I come for you now.  Your loving Father, Jehovah Elohim.

Revelation 19 (KJV)

19 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: ² For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. ³ And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. ⁴ And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. ⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. ⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. ⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. ⁸ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. ⁹ And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. ¹⁰ And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. ¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. ¹² His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. ¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. ¹⁵ And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. ¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords. ¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; ¹⁸ That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. ¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. ²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. ²¹ And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

The Division is Now!

Hello My precious children, it is I, your Eternal Creator God, Jehovah Elohim speaking with you today.  I want you to listen closely to what I have to say today, My children.  As I have said, the end of days are upon you and the destruction of your sovereign nations is at hand, especially for nations in Europe and North America.  It is happening right now, My precious ones – evil is covering your land in a thick blackness that is snuffing out My light, if that were possible.  But you, My lovely ones, who are obedient to My ways and My Word, are shining brighter as the darkness grows darker.  As a candle illuminates a dark cavern, so do you illuminate the darkness in the earth around you.  Unrest is spreading throughout nations in Europe now, and when the collapse of the EU begins, this will affect America as well.  I want you to listen closely – do NOT fear!   Many of you, when you see these things unfold, will begin to have anxiety, but anxiety is not from Me, My precious ones – anxiety is from the evil one.  He has his full force of evil demons – the fallen angels of old – blanketing the earth and trying to lead My people astray.  Meanwhile, those who don’t know Me and My Word are easily deceived by the wiles of Satan.  In fact, you have entered a time where everything is a lie.  If you are not close to Me and My Word, then you are being filled with deception.  If you are Mine, then you will recognize these deceptions, but only as you are close to Me and My Word.  I want to instruct some of you, some of My children, who are being led by My Spirit, to stock up on a few things; food and water, so you can share with your neighbors who are no aware of what is going on.   I have instructed many of My children to store up food and provisions, but My precious ones, this is not for you, it is for those left-behind after My Son, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, comes for His Bride.  Those left-behind, who have rejected My call of repentance will have to live through a most horrible time on the earth.   The Tribulation spoken of in My Word is literally hell upon the earth.  But these small caches of provisions I have reserved for those who will come to saving faith during the tribulation hour.  I Am Almighty and all powerful and can provide water in the desert and food in the wasteland, but in storing food and provisions, you are showing obedience to Me and this pleases Me greatly.  You could have spent your time and resources on yourselves, and yet you used it for My Tribulation Saints.  Great is your reward in Heaven!  Watch Israel.  She will be attacked soon.  The UN will force sanctions to divide Jerusalem and the land, and when they try this, I will divide the lands of those who do this.  Oh America, you will lead the charge as your president is about to head the UN.  Woe is he that follows his lead.  Your nations will tumble as you touch the apple of My eye.  When the unrest and dividing begins, I don’t want My children engaging in the unrest.  Live by the sword, die by the sword, so if you want to engage in this war around you, then you leave My wings of protection.  If you think you need to use your weapons to defend yourselves, then you have little faith that I can protect you.  Only fools will go this way.  Draw near to Me and I will protect you and your families.  This is now, My precious children.  Be prepared by reading My Word, praying to Me at all times, and do not become fearful with what you are about to see.  This is as is written in My Word.  It begins now.  This is enough for today, My precious children.  My Son, Jesus Christ, will come for you when you see the darkest of times.  Your loving Father, Jehovah Elohim.

Revelation 2:18-29 (KJV)

¹⁸ And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; ¹⁹ I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. ²⁰ Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. ²¹ And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. ²² Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. ²³ And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. ²⁴ But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. ²⁵ But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. ²⁶ And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: ²⁷ And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. ²⁸ And I will give him the morning star. ²⁹ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 3 (KJV)

3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. ² Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. ³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. ⁴ Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. ⁵ He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. ⁶ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. ⁷ And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; ⁸ I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. ⁹ Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. ¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. ¹¹ Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. ¹² Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. ¹³ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. ¹⁴ And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; ¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. ¹⁶ So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. ¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. ¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. ²¹ To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. ²² He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 13 (KJV)

13 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. ² And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. ³ And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. ⁴ And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? ⁵ And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. ⁷ And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. ⁸ And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. ⁹ If any man have an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰ He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. ¹¹ And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. ¹² And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, ¹⁴ And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. ¹⁵ And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. ¹⁶ And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: ¹⁷ And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. ¹⁸ Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.